“Trifles”‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ the character‚ Mrs. Wright‚ had come to a breaking point and killed her husband. Although it seems fair for her to be punished‚ the reason behind her actions are deep and somewhat justify her sin. Her husband‚ Mr. Wright brutally caused her to suffer emotionally and physically. At the time‚ for women‚ it was hard to get help‚ especially with a sexist justice system. The cruel treatment and isolation Mrs. Wright endured from Mr. Wright and how it all affected her is symbolised
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LAW‚ JUSTICE‚ AND FEMALE REVENGE IN "KERFOL"‚ BY EDITH WHARTON‚ AND TRIFLES AND "A JURY OF HER PEERS"‚ BY SUSAN GLASPELL Janet Stobbs Wright Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU (Elche) In 1916‚ Edith Wharton and Susan Glaspell coincided in each telling the story of a different fictional murderess. Although both works are written within different genres‚ there are striking similarities between the situations of these women who murdered their husbands. Even more arresting is the choice of the plot
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for Mrs. Wright and they try to protect her from the world that is filled with uncaring men.
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Essay The play “Trifles” is a murder mystery‚ which takes place in the kitchen of the Wrights home. In the beginning of the story‚ Glaspell sets the murder scene in the audiences mind by having Mr. Peters and Mr. Henderson interview Mr. Hale on his discovery of Mr. Wright’s body. Mr. Hale then begins to talk about the condition of Mr. Wright‚ and then continues on and talks about the behavior of Mrs. Wright The rising action in the story begins after the men leave the women‚ and go upstairs
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the isolation created by society because of that view‚ is revealed as the other women try to figure out Minnie Wright ’s motive for murdering her husband. This story takes us back in time to a place in our history where men and women played very different roles in their lives. In the end‚ all is revealed as Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters discover
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while searching for clues in the Wright house. The bird was found in a box and had been wrapped up in silk. When the ladies unwrap the bird‚ they find that its neck had been wrung. At first‚ the women believe that this bird symbolized Mr. Wright—and in a way it does—but it has a more significant meaning to it. They later find a bird cage‚ and that is when the women‚ along with the audience‚ realize what the bird symbolizes. The bird is meant to symbolize Mrs. Wright before she was married. Mrs. Peters
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much more time consuming and tedious than it could have been. This demonstrates that men typically think of the easiest and quickest way to handle situations. The readers are more inclined to side with the women because they explain why the way Mr. Wright was killed and the symbolism displayed in the
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Susan Glaspell’s one-act play‚ Trifles‚ weaves a tale of an intriguing murder investigation to determine who did it. Mrs. Wright is suspected of strangling her husband to death. During the investigation the sheriff and squad of detectives are clueless and unable to find any evidence or motive to directly tie Mrs. Wright to the murder. They are baffled as to how he was strangled by a rope while they were supposedly asleep side by side. Glaspell artfully explores gender differences between men and
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John Wright. In Karen Alkalay-Gut’s critique of the play‚ she explains how woman only have power when they stick together with other women. Trifles supports her idea by showing many instances where the women in the play bind together to keep the secrets of Mrs. Wright safe. In the beginning of the play‚ the county attorney starts to criticize how messy Mrs. Wright’s kitchen is. Mrs. Hale quickly defends her and says‚ “There’s a great deal of work to be done on a farm” (PN). Although Mrs. Wright is
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critique of this relation. In this essay I will focus on the kitchen and on the bird. I find these symbols to be very important for the understanding of Minni Wright. Already in the description of the first scene the narrator points out that the farmhouse belongs to John Wright and not to the family Wright. Not only in the description Mrs. Wright is missing. She has no word in the play itself. This shows that women had no property and no power in this society. But there is already a critique on her
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